HomeMy WebLinkAboutVI (A) Discussion/ Action re: Purchase of Sensus Meters AGENDA 4-1-97
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SCOTT ANDERSON
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MEMORANDUM
"10: The Honorable Mayor and Board of City Commissioners
FROM: Mark W. Brace, CPPB, Buyer
DATE: 27 March, 1997
RE: PURCHASE OF SENSUS METERS
The Water Department has submitted a requisition for the acquisition of 360 meters
which are produced by a company named Sensus Technologies, Inc. of Dallas, Texas.
The quantities requested represent what the Water Department feels it will need for this
Fiscal Year. The Department currently has meter readers which were purchased from
Sensus Technologies, Inc. and has been using software that enables for the information to
be loaded on to our computer system. If the City were to buy another manufacturer's
meters, we would have to buy new hand held readers to replace our current ones and a
new software package would have to be purchased to accommodate the downloading of
the information in the readers. Since the acquisition of a different type meter would cost
substantially more, we believe the Sensus meters to be a sole source. The City of Fort
Walton Beach, Florida, put out an RFP Ibr Electronic Meters and awarded the RFP to
Sensus Technologies, Inc. in September of 1996. I have on file a letter from Fort Walton
Beach allowing us to "piggy-back" the REP for the purchase of the meters and a letter
from Sensus Technologies, Inc. acknowledging the use of, as well as the pricing of, the
awarded RFP # 96-153 from Fort Walton Beach, Florida. The use of the awarded REP
would result in the meters costing $70.00 a piece rather than the current price of$71.06.
ACTION REQUESTED
the I lonorable Mayor and Board of City Commissioners authorize purchase of 360
meters from Sensus Technologies, Inc. in the amount of$25200.00 utilizing REP # 96-
153 from Fort Walton Beach, Florida.